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# setup-go
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This action sets up a go environment for use in actions by:
- Optionally downloading and caching a version of Go by version and adding to `PATH`.
- Registering problem matchers for error output.
# V3
The V3 edition of the action offers:
- Adds `GOBIN` to the `PATH`
- Proxy support
- Check latest version
- Bug fixes (including issues around version matching and semver)
The action will first check the local cache for a version match. If a version is not found locally, it will pull it from the `main` branch of the [go-versions](https://github.com/actions/go-versions/blob/main/versions-manifest.json) repository. On miss or failure, it will fall back to downloading directly from [go dist](https://storage.googleapis.com/golang). To change the default behavior, please use the [check-latest input](#check-latest-version).
Matching by [semver spec](https://github.com/npm/node-semver):
```yaml
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/setup-go@v3
with:
go-version: '^1.13.1' # The Go version to download (if necessary) and use.
- run: go version
```
```yaml
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/setup-go@v3
with:
go-version: '>=1.17.0'
- run: go version
```
Matching an unstable pre-release:
```yaml
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/setup-go@v3
with:
go-version: '1.18.0-rc.1' # The Go version to download (if necessary) and use.
- run: go version
```
```yaml
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/setup-go@v3
with:
go-version: '1.16.0-beta.1' # The Go version to download (if necessary) and use.
- run: go version
```
# Usage
See [action.yml](action.yml)
## Basic
```yaml
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/setup-go@v3
with:
go-version: '1.16.1' # The Go version to download (if necessary) and use.
- run: go run hello.go
```
## Check latest version
The `check-latest` flag defaults to `false`. Use the default or set `check-latest` to `false` if you prefer stability and if you want to ensure a specific Go version is always used.
If `check-latest` is set to `true`, the action first checks if the cached version is the latest one. If the locally cached version is not the most up-to-date, a Go version will then be downloaded. Set `check-latest` to `true` if you want the most up-to-date Go version to always be used.
> Setting `check-latest` to `true` has performance implications as downloading Go versions is slower than using cached versions.
```yaml
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/setup-go@v3
with:
go-version: '1.14'
check-latest: true
- run: go run hello.go
```
## Matrix testing
```yaml
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
strategy:
matrix:
go: [ '1.14', '1.13' ]
name: Go ${{ matrix.go }} sample
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: Setup go
uses: actions/setup-go@v3
with:
go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
- run: go run hello.go
```
### Supported version syntax
The `go-version` input supports the following syntax:
- Specific versions: `1.15`, `1.16.1`, `1.17.0-rc.2`, `1.16.0-beta.1`
- SemVer's version range syntax: `^1.13.1`, `>=1.18.0-rc.1`
For more information about semantic versioning, please refer to [semver](https://github.com/npm/node-semver) documentation.
# License
The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the [MIT License](LICENSE)
# Contributions
Contributions are welcome! See [Contributor's Guide](docs/contributors.md)
## Code of Conduct
:wave: Be nice. See [our code of conduct](CONDUCT)